Insaka with Irene Banda Mutalima | Tuesday April 15th 2014

We are delighted to host Irene Banda Mutalima, Managing Director at TUCUZA Associates Limited, at this month’s Insaka on Tuesday 15th from 06:00 pm to 19:30 pm. Register now to attend this exciting event.

Irene is general manager of Financial Sector Deepening Zambia (FSDZ), a DFID funded project to expand financial inclusion in Zambia. She is also founder of TUCUZA Associates Ltd, a budding Zambian firm concerned with business development, coaching and mentoring of entrepreneurs and providing finance for viable businesses.

She is past Executive Director of ECLOF International, a global microfinance network based in Geneva Switzerland. She holds a banking, development studies, microfinance, cross-sector partnerships and theology qualifications, and is currently pursuing a Phd with Middlesex University, UK. She is a certified ILO microfinance management trainer. She has done microfinance assignments in Zambia, Malawi, Ghana and Uganda as Afrca Regional Director for Opportunity International, a Christian Global microfinance organisation headquartered in Chicago, USA.

Irene has served on several boards in Zambia, Ghana, Malawi, the UK, the USA and Switzerland. She has a passion for working with budding entrepreneurs and especially where this leads to addressing issues of poverty and business growth or exploiting evident opportunities. She is an entrepreneur at heart and a passionate Christian.